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This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an essential role in the UK's tertiary education sector.
QAA is the UK's independent quality body for tertiary education, and our purpose is to ensure that students and learners experience the highest possible quality of education. We have changed to meet the evolving needs of a sector that has undergone reform across all nations of the UK.
We are the UK's authority on quality and standards, acting as custodian on behalf of the sector of reference points including the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Subject Benchmark Statements, and the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications.
Throughout the UK we are the trusted partner of governments and funding bodies. In Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, we work in collaboration with the sector to meet the needs of each nation. In England, our highly successful membership programme provides a rich source of resources to strategic leads, quality specialists and students and learners alike. Globally we are recognised as one of the world's leading quality bodies and support the UK sector as it welcomes international students and extends its reach through transnational education.
We are a world-leading quality agency with unmatched experience of providing impartial regulatory and collaborative quality assurance and enhancement. We support universities and colleges in working with students and learners, governments, funders and regulatory bodies to evidence and enhance the excellent quality and high standards of the education they provide.
We are a remote first organisation and encourage day-to-day flexibility. It's important to us that our working environment enables us to deliver our services in a way and location that provides the best outcomes for our stakeholders and customers and meets their expectations. Alongside this we want individuals and teams to feel empowered to work where, when, and how they want, providing that business needs are met.
About the role
The Events Coordinator plays an important role in ensuring the smooth delivery of QAA's online and in person events. Working behind the scenes, you'll coordinate events logistics, support with improvements to our digital event platforms and contribute to the completion of key operational processes that ensure the design, delivery and evaluation of positive event experiences for our members and stakeholders.
You'll be a go-to person for our online events platforms (Cvent, Teams and Zoom), supporting colleagues with setup, registrations and troubleshooting. Alongside this you'll manage events enquiries, help ensure we adhere to our event-related compliance obligations, coordinate event materials and merchandise, and support the analysis of event feedback to drive continuous improvement. This role is key to the evolution of our events approach. By supporting with the identification of opportunities to streamline workflows, improve user experience and strengthen integration with other systems, you'll help enable the wider ream to focus on strategic development and future planning.
This is a full time, 6-month fixed term contract.
About you
We're looking for someone who is organised, detail oriented and solutions focused, with experience supporting the delivery of events in a fast-paced environment. You'll be confident working with online platforms and systems, comfortable managing multiple tasks at once, and proactive in resolving issues quickly and effectively. You'll bring strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, enjoying working with colleagues across teams to share knowledge and improve ways of working.
If you enjoy making things work better behind the scenes and want to play a key role in delivering high-quality events, we'd love to hear from you.
More information about this role can be found in the job description. If you would like more information in advance of applying please contact careers@qaa.ac.uk .
The closing date for applications is Sunday 11 January so please do not hesitate to apply.
To apply, please create a profile on our recruitment portal and submit your CV with a covering letter outlining your experience. Only applications which include a CV, and a cover letter will be considered for the role.
QAA recognises the positive benefits of equity, diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for all to feel respected, free to be themselves no matter what their identity or background, and able to give their best. We value the differences that a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills brings and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants to apply and join us.
We are committed to ensuring accessibility for all applicants. If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please careers@qaa.ac.uk. We are committed to working with all to understand what accommodations are necessary to ensure a fair and accessible process.
If you have not heard from QAA within three weeks of the closing date for this vacancy, then your application has not been successful. Please be aware that we are unable to provide feedback on individual job applications.